Tag: PSA

MRI is replacing outdated prostate cancer detection methods, offering better accuracy and fewer unnecessary biopsies. Learn how this advanced screening tool is transforming patient care and reducing the risks associated with traditional PSA and biopsy pathways. keep reading

Could a man’s sexual behavior impact his prostate cancer risk? Recent research suggests a connection between the frequency of ejaculation, the number of sexual partners, and prostate cancer risk. Explore the latest findings and discover how your lifestyle choices might influence your health. keep reading

When you think of turning points in history, what comes to mind? The fall of the Berlin Wall? Einstein’s theory of relativity? The women suffragettes? Toppled regimes, scientific discoveries, and allowing women to vote dramatically alter the course of human events. Sometimes, however, the wheel of change is not obvious. You might be in the keep reading

The pages of history, biology, true crime and comic books are filled with tales of trickery using disguise. Such camouflage has its uses as a way to cloak one’s true identity or hide in plain sight. The Boston Tea Party was staged by colonists decked out as “Mohawk” Indians. Chameleons command nanocrystals in their skin keep reading

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” said the 20th century philosopher George Santayana. Though he wasn’t referring family heredity, we might rephrase his words as follows: Those who ignore a family history of cancer are condemned to a higher risk of developing it. That’s because cancer has many genetic properties keep reading

How many men put off getting a physical because of the digital rectal exam (DRE)? While the DRE has comic value in movie and TV scenes (the doctor snaps on a rubber glove while the man on the table looks like he’d rather walk on hot coals), a question circulating among urologists and primary care doctors is whether it still has screening value... keep reading

Does PSA screening reduce PCa mortality, or doesn’t it? We know that PSA is not specific for cancer, since many prostate conditions can cause a rise in PSA blood levels. We also know that an elevated PSA can lead to a conventional TRUS-guided biopsy, and that such biopsies can either miss prostate cancer or... keep reading

If you were a kid in the 1960s, you may recall listening to the exciting audio countdown for NASA’s first rocket launches: “Liftoff at T minus 10 seconds. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, zero…and we have liftoff!” Since then, zero has been dropped from the countdown. In fact, it has keep reading

Dr. Mark Scholz (Prostate Cancer Research Institute) is a respected authority on prostate cancer (PCa). Many patients subscribe to the PCRI youtube channel where he responds to questions his viewers post at his channel. Since he is an oncologist, the questions he’s asked often refer to advanced or metastatic PCa. Sometimes, though, he addresses topics keep reading

More and more prostate cancer patients and their doctors are turning to Active Surveillance (AS). Data shows that for carefully chosen low risk patients, AS is a way to hold off on treatment like surgery or radiation without significantly increasing the chances of death from prostate cancer... keep reading